Roman finds assemblage from the garden to the rear of The Sycamores, School Street, Great Chesterford (EHER 14529)

Roman pot sherds, bone fragments, snail and oyster shells and metal slag were found.

January 1994. Trial trenching. Three trenches, each 2m x 1m were dug. Each had topsoil to a depth of 0.3m to 0.4m containing largely post medieval material (see EHER 14813). Below the topsoil was a strata of grey/brown sandy soil to a depth of 0.8m where a layer of large but rough stones and flints stood over natural orange clay. Roman and medieval pot sherds, bone fragments, snail and oyster shells and metal slag were found predominantly in Trench 2 and also one well preserved bronze coin of Constantine I era depicting the wolf and twins. In that the 'floor' was rough and uneven it was not thought to constitute an area of habitation. Report by Neville Lord Braybrooke of a coin of Cunobelin from 'a garden in the village'. <1> See also <2>.